English Family 1450 - 1700

Informationen zum Autor Ralph A. Houlebrooke Klappentext Ralph Houlbrooke's major study has made a vital contribution to debates on the family. Drawing on a wealth of colourful and often intimate evidence, including letters, diaries and witness statements in court cases, he reveals the attitudes and aspirations of all levels of society and challenges the fashionable notion that the years between 1450xxx;1700 saw major changes in family structure. Zusammenfassung Ralph Houlbrooke's major study has made a vital contribution to debates on the family. Drawing on a wealth of colourful and often intimate evidence, including letters, diaries and witness statements in court cases, he reveals the attitudes and aspirations of all levels of society and challenges the fashionable notion that the years between 1450xxx;1700 saw major changes in family structure. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Enduring pattern and forces of change. 3. Family and kindred. 4. The making of marriage. 5. Husband and wife. 6. Parents and children: infancy and childhood. 7. Parents and children: adolescence and beyond. 8. Death and the broken family. 9. Inheritance. 10. Conclusion. Select bibliography of secondary works. Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ralph A. Houlbrooke, Houlebrooke, Ralph A Houlebrooke, Ralph A. Houlebrooke, Houlebrooke Ralph A.
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 24.04.2016
• EAN: 9781138139701
• ISBN: 978-1-138-13970-1
• Seiten: 280
• Serien: Themes In British Social History; Themes In British Social History
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; European History, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology